Las Lomas High’s Daniel Tang, pictured right, defends Miramonte’s Alex Zamanian during a recent Diablo Foothill Athletic League boys water polo match. The Knights lost the close game 14-12 to finish third in the DFAL standings, but were still rewarded for another fine season with the No. 3 seed in the North Coast Section Division I playoffs. Las Lomas played No. 14 seeded Mission San Jose in a first-round game on Nov. 6, but results were not available at press time. The Knights entered NCS play with a 17-7 record, including a recent win over No. 1 seed and defending champion Campolindo.

Three women have told the New York Times that music mogul Russell Simmons raped them, the latest in a cascade of serious allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful men in entertainment, media, politics and elsewhere.